When I started Peating, I felt amazing for the first several months, then felt great for a couple of years at a more subdued level, and finally have now crashed. I think I've been noticing more and more people with a similar pattern of feeling great at first but then stagnating and developing chronic fatigue and similar issues.
I am realizing that even though PUFA act as a brake on the metabolism and reducing them will allow your system to operate at full speed, the actual "energy reservoir" of your body is represented by its calcium reserves. If you increase the size of the engine (thyroid function) without increasing the capacity of the gas tank and refueling more often (calcium) then you will very quickly find yourself stuck in the middle of the highway unable to move...
I realize this just sounds like a hunch right now, but I am trying to think of analogies and find studies that will support this, and will update this post once I get something. It is just common sense that with a faster metabolism you will need more food in general, but I think it is calcium specifically that is extremely important.
I think this might be why Dr. Peat places so much emphasis on milk.
I am realizing that even though PUFA act as a brake on the metabolism and reducing them will allow your system to operate at full speed, the actual "energy reservoir" of your body is represented by its calcium reserves. If you increase the size of the engine (thyroid function) without increasing the capacity of the gas tank and refueling more often (calcium) then you will very quickly find yourself stuck in the middle of the highway unable to move...
I realize this just sounds like a hunch right now, but I am trying to think of analogies and find studies that will support this, and will update this post once I get something. It is just common sense that with a faster metabolism you will need more food in general, but I think it is calcium specifically that is extremely important.
I think this might be why Dr. Peat places so much emphasis on milk.
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